Teachers resources on the Web

Interest To First Year Teachers

Beginning Teacher's Tool Box - mentoring, tips, message board

Teachers.net - chatboards, lesson plans, live meetings, resources, newsletter

Homepage for New Math Teachers - information, tips, ideas, monthly math problem, and archive

What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching - compilation of experiences, challenges, and successes, tips, advice, and discussions.

Great Expectations - Helpful Hints for Beginning Teachers - essay from Positive Parenting Online

General Educational Resources

Special links of interest to first year teachers

Macmilliam/McGraw-Hill Schoolhouse
Gateway to Educational Materials
Lightspan.com
Cisco's Virtual Schoolhouse
ISTE Teacher Resources
CCC K-12 Curriculum
ERIC
Colorado Department of Education

Math & Science

Discovery Channel School
The Math Forum (Teachers Place)
Cornell Math & Science Gateway for High School
NASA
Denver Earth Science Project
Technology & Learning
NASA

Literature

Multicultural Book Review
Children's Literature Web Guide
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

History & Social Studies

Online Resources - Social Studies
American History Archive Project
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Smithsonian Institution

News & Current Events

USAToday
Kid Link

Politics & Government

Congress
American Civil Liberties Union
White House

Arts & Music

Music Education Online
ArtsEdNet
Music Education Directory
KinderArt

Associations

NEA

 

 

 

Upcoming Events

August 10 – Board Meeting 6 p.m. Administration Building

August 18 – First Day of School

Because Mapleton supports a system of small-by-design schools, not all schools begin on the same day. Please consult your child’s school calendar to confirm your child’s first day of school.

August 24 – Board Meeting 6 p.m. Administration Building


School Registration Dates
Welby Montessori (PreK-6)
Aug. 9th - 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Adventure Elementary (K-6)
Aug. 9th & 10th - 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Explore Elementary (K-6)
Aug. 9th - 17th (excluding the 12th ) - 8-11 a.m., 12:30-2 p.m.
Aug. 12th - 4-6 p.m.

Achieve Academy (K-8)
Aug. 5th - Noon-7 p.m.
Aug 6th - 9-3 p.m.

Clayton Partnership (K-8)
Aug 5th - 1-7 p.m.
Aug 6th - 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Valley View (K-8)
Aug. 9th - 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Aug 10th - 1-7 p.m.

Meadow Community School (K-8)
Aug. 10th - 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Aug. 11th - 3 - 6:30 p.m.
Aug. 16th - 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Monterey Community School (K-8)
Aug. 4th 8 a.m.- noon
Aug 5th 1-3:30 p.m.

York International (K-12)
Aug. 3rd - 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Aug 4th - 3-7 p.m.

Global Leadership Academy (K-12)
Aug 9th - Noon -4 p.m.
Aug. 10th - 8 a.m.-noon

MESA (7-12)
Aug. 4th (7th-8th grade) - 3:30 - 8 p.m.
Aug. 5th (9th-12th grade) - 3:30 - 8 p.m.

Mapleton Early College (9-12)
Aug. 12th & 13th - By appointment

Skyview Academy
Aug. 5th - 9-11 a.m., 1-4 p.m.
Aug. 10th - 1-8 p.m.

North Valley School for Young Adults
Information Session - Aug. 3rd 4-6 p.m.
Aug 9th 2-4 p.m.
Aug 10th 2-4 p.m.
Registration Aug. 2nd Noon-2
Aug 3rd 2-4 p.m.
Aug 9th & 10th 4-6 p.m.

Please check your student(s) individual school calendar for the first day of school.

Summer hours for the Administration Building will be 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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